diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 84ea4a2d..82305e40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ clusterNode: ## Run tests against a cluster node.
 	@$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) -f cluster-docker-compose.yml up -d
 	@echo "Waiting for services to be fully ready..."
 	@sleep 5
-	@EVENTSTORE_INSECURE=false CLUSTER=true go test -count=1 -v ./esdb -run 'TestStreams|TestPersistentSubscriptions|TestProjections'
+	@EVENTSTORE_INSECURE=false CLUSTER=true go test -count=1 -v ./esdb -run 'TestStreams|TestPersistentSubscriptions|TestProjections|TestClusterRebalance'
 	@$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) -f cluster-docker-compose.yml down --remove-orphans
 
 .PHONY: misc
diff --git a/esdb/client.go b/esdb/client.go
index c435fe19..bd46b532 100644
--- a/esdb/client.go
+++ b/esdb/client.go
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/EventStore/EventStore-Client-Go/v4/protos/gossip"
 	persistentProto "github.com/EventStore/EventStore-Client-Go/v4/protos/persistent"
+	"github.com/EventStore/EventStore-Client-Go/v4/protos/shared"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 
@@ -759,7 +761,9 @@ func readInternal(
 	result, err := streamsClient.Read(ctx, readRequest, callOptions...)
 	if err != nil {
 		defer cancel()
-		return nil, err
+
+		err = client.grpcClient.handleError(handle, trailers, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not construct read operation. Reason: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	params := readStreamParams{
@@ -773,3 +777,20 @@ func readInternal(
 
 	return newReadStream(params), nil
 }
+
+func (client *Client) Gossip(ctx context.Context) ([]*gossip.MemberInfo, error) {
+	handle, err := client.grpcClient.getConnectionHandle()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	gossipClient := gossip.NewGossipClient(handle.Connection())
+	clusterInfo, err := gossipClient.Read(ctx, &shared.Empty{})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return clusterInfo.Members, nil
+}
diff --git a/esdb/client_test.go b/esdb/client_test.go
index 8a2e3a09..1e16333b 100644
--- a/esdb/client_test.go
+++ b/esdb/client_test.go
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@ func TestMisc(t *testing.T) {
 	TestPositionParsing(t)
 	UUIDParsingTests(t)
 }
+
+func TestClusterRebalance(t *testing.T) {
+	ClusterRebalanceTests(t)
+}
diff --git a/esdb/cluster_test.go b/esdb/cluster_test.go
index e51cec90..f90a1c35 100644
--- a/esdb/cluster_test.go
+++ b/esdb/cluster_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ package esdb_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/EventStore/EventStore-Client-Go/v4/esdb"
+	"github.com/EventStore/EventStore-Client-Go/v4/protos/gossip"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -16,6 +20,12 @@ func ClusterTests(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func ClusterRebalanceTests(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("ClusterRebalanceTests", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run("readStreamAfterClusterRebalance", readStreamAfterClusterRebalance)
+	})
+}
+
 func notLeaderExceptionButWorkAfterRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	// Seems on GHA, we need to try more that once because the name generator is not random enough.
 	for count := 0; count < 10; count++ {
@@ -57,3 +67,72 @@ func notLeaderExceptionButWorkAfterRetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Fatalf("we retried long enough but the test is still failing")
 }
+
+func readStreamAfterClusterRebalance(t *testing.T) {
+	// We purposely connect to a leader node.
+	db := CreateClient("esdb://admin:changeit@localhost:2111,localhost:2112,localhost:2113?nodepreference=leader&tlsverifycert=false", t)
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	streamID := NAME_GENERATOR.Generate()
+
+	// Start reading the stream
+	options := esdb.ReadStreamOptions{From: esdb.Start{}}
+
+	stream, err := db.ReadStream(ctx, streamID, options, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to read stream: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	stream.Close()
+
+	// Simulate leader node failure
+	members, err := db.Gossip(ctx)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	for _, member := range members {
+		if member.State != gossip.MemberInfo_Leader || !member.GetIsAlive() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Shutdown the leader node
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%d/admin/shutdown", member.HttpEndPoint.Address, member.HttpEndPoint.Port)
+		t.Log("Shutting down leader node: ", url)
+
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+		req.SetBasicAuth("admin", "changeit")
+		client := &http.Client{
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+			},
+		}
+		resp, err := client.Do(req)
+
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		resp.Body.Close()
+
+		break
+	}
+
+	// Wait for the cluster to rebalance
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+	// Try reading the stream again
+	for count := 0; count < 10; count++ {
+		stream, err = db.ReadStream(ctx, streamID, options, 10)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		stream.Close()
+
+		t.Logf("Successfully read stream after %d retries", count+1)
+		return
+	}
+
+	t.Fatalf("we retried long enough but the test is still failing")
+}